What is 1/3 of 17?
Understand the Problem
The question is asking to find the value of one third of the number 17. This involves a simple multiplication of 17 by the fraction 1/3.
Answer
The value of one-third of 17 is $\frac{17}{3}$ or $5 \frac{2}{3}$.
Answer for screen readers
The value of one-third of 17 is $\frac{17}{3}$ or $5 \frac{2}{3}$.
Steps to Solve
- Identify the fraction for one-third
One-third can be written as the fraction $\frac{1}{3}$.
- Multiply the number by the fraction
Now, multiply the number 17 by the fraction $\frac{1}{3}$:
$$ \frac{1}{3} \times 17 $$
- Calculate the product
To compute this, we can rewrite 17 as a fraction whose denominator is 1:
$$ \frac{1}{3} \times \frac{17}{1} = \frac{17}{3} $$
- Convert the fraction to a mixed number (if necessary)
We can divide 17 by 3 to express it as a mixed number:
17 divided by 3 is 5 with a remainder of 2, which gives us:
$$ 5 \frac{2}{3} $$
The value of one-third of 17 is $\frac{17}{3}$ or $5 \frac{2}{3}$.
More Information
One-third of a number is simply that number divided by 3. In this case, dividing 17 by 3 gives both a fractional and a mixed number representation.
Tips
- Forgetting to convert the result to a mixed number if required.
- Miscalculating the multiplication with fractions.
